Exposition On Psalm 118

Ambrose of Milan (340–397)

Exposition of Saint Ambrose of Milan, Bishop, on Psalm 118 of David.

Latin Text from public domain Migne Editors, Patrologiae Cursus Completus.

Translated into English using ChatGPT.

Table of Contents

Prologue

Sermon 1. Aleph.

Sermon 2. Beth.

Sermon 3. Gimel.

Sermon 4. Daleth.

Sermon 5. He.

Sermon 6. Vau.

Sermon 7. Zain.

Sermon 8. Heth.

Sermon 9. Theth.

Sermon 10. Iod.

Sermon 11. Caph.

Sermon 12. Lamed.

Sermon 13. Mem.

Sermon 14. Nun.

Sermon 15. Samech.

Sermon 16. Ain.

Sermon 17. Phe.

Sermon 18. Sade.

Sermon 19. Koph.

Sermon 20. Resch.

Sermon 21. Schin.

Sermon 22. Tau.

Prologue

Although the mystical sounds of David the Prophet resound like a trumpet, the greatness of moral teachings is revealed in the Ethics, and the sum of this psalm declares the grace. For while all moral doctrine is sweet, it especially delights the ears with the sweetness of song and the delight of singing, and soothes the soul. And rightfully in many places it spreads the moral sentiments of the psalms like the light of stars, which shine and gleam. But the one hundred and eighteenth psalm, like the sun in full light, he sets in the advanced age of the book; so that neither the semi-full beginnings of the morning, nor the certain…

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